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  • Contains 3 Component(s) Recorded On: 05/11/2023

    A staffing crisis in long-term care has created challenges for residents, caregivers, and direct care workers. Despite the decreasing number of cases of COVID-19, interest in long-term care employment continues to dwindle. This staffing crisis, which resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, has become a chronic problem. This GSA Section Podcast will feature the work and insights of GSA members Drs. Katherine McGilton and Barbara Bowers.

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  • Contains 3 Component(s) Recorded On: 01/04/2023

    Amid persistently inadequate numbers of direct care workers for resident care, long-term care administrators and staff members continue in their attempts to provide care for residents. The staffing crisis has led to regulatory issues, new sanctions from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and benchmarks for quality of care while facilities care for frail and dependent residents in the best ways possible given the circumstances. Moreover, the staffing crisis has resulted in the experience of moral distress for many direct health care workers. Moral distress occurs when health care professionals cannot act on their own moral judgment or what they believe to be right in a particular situation because of institutional or internal constraints. This GSA Section Podcast will feature the work and insights of GSA members Drs. Ozcan Tunalilar and Beth Galik,

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  • Contains 3 Component(s) Recorded On: 01/04/2023

    State and federal policies influence care delivery in long-term care facilities in a variety of ways. Following the President’s 2022 State of the Union Address, the White House Fact Sheet: Protecting Seniors by Improving Safety and Quality of Care in the Nation’s Nursing Homes​, highlighted four new initiatives from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to help ensure adequate staffing, dignity, and safety in their accommodations and quality of care. This GSA Section Podcast will feature the work and insights of GSA members Drs. Tara McMullan and Anna Beeber.

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